Today at City Halls, solo musicians from primary and secondary schools across Glasgow competed for a spot in the Scottish Young Musicians final which will take place on 29 May this year in the Royal ...

To you, it might look like big xylophone. But to Matthew Coley, it’s “the grand soloist instrument of the percussion world.” It’s the marimba, and the focus of his ensemble of eight musicians. For ten ...

Aug. 4 (UPI) --Young musicians from across South Africa and Zimbabwe came together in Cape Town to break the Guinness World Record for the largest marimba ensemble, with 1,276 players. Marimba Jam, ...

The talented young musicians in the Bahuru and Baduku Bands strike their percussion instruments with fierce speed, building upon each other’s beats, and creating harmonic melodies. Locals had the ...

HUDSON – The marimba may be a relative latecomer to Western music, but for the judges at the Uel Wade Music Scholarship, it’s all about the xylophone-like instrument with the metal resonators. For the ...

Heartland Marimba, the world's only touring classical marimba organization, is on the road with the sixth tour — “The Expanse Tour” — of their 11th season! In the new year, Heartland Marimba hits the ...

Marilyn K. Clark Silva is well acquainted with the classic cartoon trope of bones as musical instruments. The avant-garde percussionist is a walking encyclopedia of music history, especially when it ...

Marimba is fairly new to Fairbanks, but you wouldn’t know it by watching local marimba players perform right alongside other experienced marimba groups at the first-ever Marimba Madness North ...

Bridgehampton School is one of the few schools with a marimba band. A marimba is a xylophone-like instrument that originated in Africa. There are different types of marimbas. Some have sharps and ...